Second Stimulus Check Included In Proposed $3 Trillion Coronavirus Bill

By Bill GalluccioMay 12, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, which includes a second round of stimulus checks for Americans. The legislation, which is called the HEROES Act, provides $1 trillion in funding to state and local governments, $75 billion for COVID-19 testing and tracing, extends unemployment benefits, and creates a $200 billion "Heroes Fund" to provide hazard pay for frontline workers.

Senate Republicans said that the bill will not pass the chamber, arguing that another round of economic stimulus is not necessary right now.

"I don't think there's a sense of urgency to do it now because a lot of the money we've already appropriated hasn't been even gone out the door yet," Texas Senator John Cornyn said. "So, we're taking one day at a time."